By almost every measure the AFL has had a sterling year, with attendance, membership, participation and television viewing reaching unprecedented numbers. Attendance Attendance is the AFLs bread and butter, and I doubt theres anyone who seriously believes that they have a serious rival in crowd terms. A record 8.29 million people attended the entire season…
More than 128,000 children around Australia have joined the biggest, most awesome club of all in 2024 – NAB AFL Auskick – to break the program’s all-time registered participation record. Surpassing last year’s record total figure of 126,245, the milestone number will continue to climb before the season officially closes on October 31, with registrations for…
Participation in Australian Rules Football has exceeded more than 528,000 in 2024, breaking the AFL’s all-time registered participation record of 526,000 set last year. The 2024 total figure includes registered participants across community football (junior, youth and senior levels), AFL Nines, NAB AFL Auskick and the newly introduced, NAB AFL Superkick. Excitingly the 2024 record…
Netball Australia has announced strong game attendance and new commercial partnerships delivered an operating surplus in 2023. It was the second consecutive surplus recorded by Netball Australia as it continues to strengthen its financial position and grow the game. The 2023 financial results were presented to Member Organisation Presidents and CEOs at tonight’s Annual General…
After a record breaking season and a huge grand final, its time to wrap up the season with a nice big bow, with new records set in Membership, Attendance and tv ratings. Social Media Collingwood leads all comers in the social media stakes with 390,000 followers on facebook, 368,000 followers on instagram, 157,000 on twitter…
Ausplay has released its latest survey results for 2021-22. For organised sport, Soccer, Golf, Australian Football come up top 3. Total Adult and Child Particpation. This is for team sports we cover here most. Children under 15 Organised Sport Particpation for persons 15+ Ausplay Note: Ausplay doesnt combine League and Touch, ive done that for…
Cricket Australia have reported a deficit of 5.5m for 2021-2022, and a comprehensive loss of 10.655m on revenue of $391.004m. Notably there was a $51m drop in the media, broadcasting and marketing sector, while match income rose 25m. Sponsorship was up slightly to 69m. The BBL averaged 500,000 viewers per fixture, streaming not included. 44…
The 2019 Ausplay Survey results have been released. While theres a selection of images and tables – more detailed data is obtainable from Sport Australia on the clearinghouseforsport website. Note: The raw club data can be accessed for children under 15, but theres no club data for adults – only for venue use by…
Its a massive day for sports news of all varieties. The 2019 Ausplay survey has been released, The Storm relocate to Albury, while the A-league prepares for August restart and theres some Rugby CEO speculation thrown in to a big news mix, 2019 Ausplay Survey The latest Ausplay Survey data has been released by Sport…
Attendance on February 4th (thanks to @au_sport) 2nd Test: Australia d Sri Lanka (d4). Crowd: 2,004 @ Manuka Oval NBL: Illawarra Hawks d Cairns Taipans. Crowd: 2,273 @ WIN Entertainment Centre AFL OPTUS has boosted its support for the WA Football League, adding league naming rights, volunteers and the new WAFL Women’s competition for 2019….
WA QLD http://www.aflq.com.au/queensland-participation-tops-250000/ NSW/ACT http://aflnswact.com.au/participation-numbers-2017/ The popularity of AFL in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory continues to rise with AFL NSW/ACT today announcing Club participation grew 8.2%. This comes off the back of a phenomenal 78% increase in the number of female participants playing in registered Club football competitions across the…
AFL AFl Sat – Pies v Blues – 70,279 at the MCG AFL Sat – Dogs v Tigers – 46,387 at Etihad Stadium Sat TV night #AFL #AFLDogsTigers Seven Mel 307k, 7mate 152k (Syd 25k Per 95k) AFL Sat – Suns v Cats – 13,648 at Metricon Stadium Sat TV night #AFL #AFLSunsCats 7mate Bri…
AFL A TROPICAL low caused by Cyclone Debbie is about to dump up to 150mm of rain on Brisbane, but the AFL is confident the Gabba clash between the Lions and Essendon will go ahead. While the deluge is set to hit the Queensland capital today, conditions are expected to dramatically improve tomorrow and Saturday. The…
AFL Mon STV – AFL 360 70,000, On the Couch 49,000 Tues STV – AFL 360 77,000, Open Mike 60,000 McLachlan ignored the prospect of a bigger crowd in Adelaide to ensure the AFLW does not start with the integrity issues that dogged AFL finals in the 1990s. AFLW grand final causes headaches as it…
The Australian Sports Commission today released the first findings of the most comprehensive national population tracking survey into sport and physical activity in Australia. ASC Chair John Wylie said AusPlay collected adults’ and children’s sport and physical recreation participation data together for the first time. “The Australian Government’s investment in AusPlay means we will now…
The NRL and Grant on Tuesday again refused to give firm numbers, however the NSW, Queensland and Country rugby league associations all said while numbers were down, there was plenty of silver lining. Across all three of the major associations, there is a broad trend towards a slight drop in numbers, driven by declining male…
The AFL has released its 2016 participation figures. THE ESTABLISHMENT of the new AFL Women’s competition is the major reason behind an enormous spike in participation numbers, according to latest figures released by the AFL. A 56 per cent increase in female community club teams boosted the total female participation by 19 per cent to…
Roy Morgan says that back in June 2014, 50% of Aussie kids (or 1,213,000 children) reported going swimming, ahead of 47% (1,136,000) who said they played soccer. Since then, soccer has gained an extra 108,000 young players, to hit a 50% participation rate (1,244,000); while swimming participation has fallen by 32,000 kids and now sits…
Participation in organised football has jumped 20% in 2015, a Football Federation Australia (FFA) national audit has found. Community football clubs saw an increase of 7% in the past year to reach 499,361 players in 2,155 clubs in every state and territory. The total number of participants in community clubs, school, indoor, social and introductory…